Climatic change and river ice breakup

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 145-155

  Beltaos, Spyros ^a   Burrell, Brian C ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Sciences/Reporting Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breakup; Climate change; Global warming; Greenhouse effect; Hydrology; Ice; Ice jam; Impacts; Prediction; River ice

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROLOGY; ICE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

RIVER ICE BREAKUP;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE BREAKUP; RIVER ICE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE BREAKUP; ICE THICKNESS; RIVER ICE;

EID: 0038381387     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l02-042     Document Type: Article

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